| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
A- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"Excruciatingly funny, sometimes just excruciating this brilliant, unsparing look at a family's meltdown is one of the best pictures of the year." more... |
A |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...all the performances are exquisitely life-size..." more... |
A- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...essentially about how we grow up by absorbing what is useful in our parents and forgiving what is not." more... |
A- |
Chicago Tribune
Allison Benedikt |
"Steering clear of phony melodrama and indie pretense, Baumbach captures a crisis in one family's life..." more... |
A |
| E! Online |
"Linney and Daniels are extraordinary in conveying parental selfishness..." more... |
A |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...as cautionary as it is educational." more... |
A- |
filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti |
"This is about three-fourths of one of the greatest films you will ever see." more... |
B+ |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"Though it's a funny film, there is hardly a joke in it. The audience will frequently find itself too sad to laugh." more... |
A- |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"...both sharply comical and piercingly sad." more... |
A- |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...gets under your skin." more... |
A- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...satisfying along the way and indicative of an appealing talent." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak |
"Daniels gives a career-best performance..." more... |
B+ |
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